Bimal Gurung resurfaced in Kolkata on October 21 and pledged assist to the TMC
Kolkata:
GJM faction chief Binoy Tamang on Tuesday expressed satisfaction over the end result of his assembly West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, however maintained that any affiliation with “fugitive” Gorkha chief Bimal Gurung was unbelievable.
Asserting that “Bimal Gurung is a closed chapter” in Darjeeling, Tamang, who an ally of the TMC since 2017, mentioned he, alongside together with his colleague and Gorkha Territorial Administration (GTA) chairman Anit Thapa, mentioned “several issues” associated to the event of the Hills.
“We have not discussed any issues related to Bimal Gurung. He is a fugitive and law will take its course. We talked about matters related to the infrastructure development in the Hills. It was a fruitful meeting,” he mentioned whereas addressing a press convention.
Ms Banerjee, together with Chief Secretary Alapan Bandopadhyay and state ministers Aroop Biswas and Firhad Hakim, held an hour-long closed-door assembly with Tamang and Thapa. The state authorities is but to return out with a press release on the assembly.
Mr Tamang, who has been against the proposal of Mr Gurung’s return to the Hills, mentioned the folks of the Darjeeling don’t need him again.
“We are not sharing any administrative and political platform with Gurung. He has been charged with so many cases, almost 140 cases, including some under the UAPA. How can we have any association with him?” he mentioned.
Mr Gurung, who had been in hiding for 3 years, resurfaced in Kolkata on October 21 and pledged assist to the TMC, after having stop the NDA, triggering discontent among the many Tamang faction which had all the time backed the Mamata Banerjee social gathering previously.
Rallies had been taken out within the Hills by the Tamang faction opposing Mr Gurung’s entry since October 22, prompting the fugitive chief’s loyalists to organise counter-rallies welcoming him. Currently, Mr Gurung is placing up in Kolkata alongside together with his trusted aides.
Criticising the event as “dirty politics”, the state unit of the BJP mentioned the ruling TMC was attempting to disturb peace within the Hills.
“This is nothing but dirty politics to disturb peace. We condemn such politics… Just to win a few seats, the ruling TMC is pushing the Hills towards instability.” BJP nationwide basic secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya mentioned.
The TMC, nonetheless, refuted the cost as baseless and mentioned it was the BJP which had tried to create unrest in Darjeeling.
“The BJP had tried to foment trouble the Hills. We brought back peace,” TMC MP Sougata Roy mentioned.
The picturesque Darjeeling had repeatedly witnessed violent agitation over demand for a separate state of Gorkhaland, the newest being in June 2017, when the Hills noticed a 104-day-long strike over the problem.
The strike additionally led to a cut up within the GJM, with Binay Tamang, as soon as a deputy to the outfit’s supremo Gurung, taking on the reins of the social gathering and expelling the boss.
Although the GJM faction led by Gurung had continued to align with the BJP, the opposite camp, headed by Tamang, joined fingers with the ruling TMC within the state.
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